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Migrants on board Open Arms rescue ship disembark at port of Lampedusa

An Italian prosecutor ordered the seizure of the Open Arms ship, stranded off the Italian island of Lampedusa with almost 100 migrants aboard, just hours after the Spanish government said it would send a navy ship to escort the vessel back to Spain.

20/08/2019

Italy

French couple face jail for taking sand from a beach in Sardinia

Italian customs have arrested a French couple who wanted to leave the island of Sardinia with 40 kilograms of sand from Chia beach, in the boot of their car.

20/08/2019

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In Venice, visit this exhibition with your eyes closed

An itinerary of nine sections features the exhibition, that can be experienced blindfolded, while guided by a blind, or partially sighted, who helps the visitor to read the artworks through touch.

19/08/2019

Italy

Italy crisis: 5-Star says Salvini no longer a credible partner

Italy's 5-Star Movement appears to have closed the door on any possibility of resurrecting the country's ruling coalition.

18/08/2019

Italy

Open Arms migrant boat: Salvini concession as children leave vessel

Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini made a partial concession to let 27 children stranded on board NGO migrant rescue ship Open Arms leave the vessel.

17/08/2019

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Chinese lanterns light up the world's biggest food park in Bologna

More than 80 illuminated sculptures created by Chinese craftsmen are on display at Eataly World in Bologna.

16/08/2019

Italy

Open Arms captain demands evacuation, says ship is like a ticking bomb

The captain of the Open Arms rescue ship says migrants onboard are "psychologically broken" and the vessel is like a bomb that is "going to explode."

16/08/2019

Italy

Open Arms: European Commission calls situation 'untenable'

The European Commission welcomed the news that six member states are going to take some migrants from the Open Arms rescue ship.

16/08/2019

Italy

Italy government feud: PM Conte slams minister Salvini as 'disloyal'

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called Matteo Salvini "disloyal" and "obsessed with immigration" in an open letter.

15/08/2019

World

Italian PM says EU countries have offered to take Open Arms migrants

Italian Prime Minister Giseuppe Conte says six EU countries have offered to take the stranded Open Rescue migrants as the head of the charity aiding them says the shipneeds an emergency medical evacuation.

15/08/2019

Italy

Measles-like disease killing dolphins in Tuscany, scientists reveal

Tests on some of the dolphins carried out by scientists at the University of Siena and the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale in Rome, show the dolphins were killed by cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV), the Tuscan regional authority announced on Tuesday.

15/08/2019

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Genoa marks anniversary of deadly bridge collapse

Church bells marked a minute's silence at 11:36 a.m. local time (0936GMT), the exact time of last year's collapse.

14/08/2019

Italy

Spain willing to take in some migrants on Open Arms vessel, says Italy

It's not clear yet how many migrants Spain will be taking in.

14/08/2019

World

Parts of Genoa bridge lacked maintenance for 25 years — prosecutor

On the anniversary of the Genoa bridge collapse, an expert has told Euronews that maintaining similar older, longer bridges is "not easy" and expensive.

14/08/2019

Italy

Hundreds gather to honour 43 killed in Genoa bridge collapse

Today marks the one year anniversary of the collapse of the Ponte Morandi in which 43 people were killed who were crossing the bridge at the time

14/08/2019

Italy

Trove of jewels, beads and good luck charms found at Pompeii

Archaeologists say the finds at the House of the Garden in Regio V of Pompeii

13/08/2019

Italy

Italian Senate rejects request for immediate no-confidence vote debate

The League has presented a no-confidence motion in the government but the Senate rejected its request for it to be debated on Wednesday, and instead decided that Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte should address the upper house over the crisis on August 20.

12/08/2019

Italy

Opponents hit out at Salvini's call for snap Italian election

Lega Nord party leader Matteo Salvini is waging an unofficial election campaign from the beach, according to some political commentators in Italy.

11/08/2019

Earth News

What the Venice Biennale can teach us about climate change

Venice Biennale: A 360 experience for all the senses

11/08/2019

Italy

Fragments of Boeing 787 fall near Fiumicino airport after take-off

Engine fragments from a Norwegian Airlines Boeing 787 fell on roofs and cars in the area near Rome Fiumicino airport, causing damage but no casualties.

11/08/2019

Italy

Italy moves one step closer to fresh elections

Italy's ruling League Party to present no-confidence motion in Senate

09/08/2019

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Dragon catching at the ISS: Euronews space correspondent reports back

Since their arrival, the crew has been working hard. Getting used to life in space can be a challenge.

08/08/2019

Sport

European authorities join forces to 'save football' as piracy on rise

The world’s biggest football authorities, including the top divisions across Europe, have increased their efforts to stop illegal streaming

07/08/2019

Italy

Italian Senate backs train link with France, widening coalition rift

Italian Senate backs Lyon-Turin high-speed rail link, widening coalition rift

07/08/2019

Italy

Forty migrants rescued by German charity ship arrive in Malta

A group of migrants were rescued by Sea Eye's Alan Kurdi ship. The ship arrived in Malta after being banned from Italy.

03/08/2019

Italy

Italian police arrest six over deadly nightclub stampede

Six people including five teenagers and a 39-year-old woman who had accompanied her daughter to the Lanterna Azzurra nightclub in Corinaldo, were killed in the stampede on December 8, 2018.

03/08/2019